I recently joined a panel of young people, all in our 20's and 30's, on Frank Lewis' Saturday Supplement on Radio Kerry. The topic was 'Our Passions' and I chose music as my topic.In preparation for the show I had to really think deeply on my experiences as a singer, and what stood out to me was not the praise; not the nerves; it was the connection with people. Through my singing I have been given the glorious opportunity to connect with people through my own voice. At times this has meant singing a couple's favourite song at their wedding or helping someone in their deepest moments of grief. As performers, we can get so caught up in our own insecurities and triumphs that we forget that the real triumph is to reach into people's hearts and souls; to make someone smile or cry when it has been so long since they have done either.
While speaking on the show I said that to sing to console has changed me as a person and I really meant that. Sometimes people's emotions can be trapped so deep inside them that they cannot experience them on a physical level, yet there is something in a melody, or a simple lyric that can reach right down into that place and allow those feelings to surface. We have all experienced a moment where, completely unexpectedly, a song has resurrected a memory or a feeling out of the blue. Music is a powerful thing which connects people and changes lives. It certainly has changed mine.
While speaking on the show I said that to sing to console has changed me as a person and I really meant that. Sometimes people's emotions can be trapped so deep inside them that they cannot experience them on a physical level, yet there is something in a melody, or a simple lyric that can reach right down into that place and allow those feelings to surface. We have all experienced a moment where, completely unexpectedly, a song has resurrected a memory or a feeling out of the blue. Music is a powerful thing which connects people and changes lives. It certainly has changed mine.
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